[OT] command of English by non-native speakers

[Chris Rees]

2009/12/9 Ian L. Target <ian69 at comcast.net>:
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>>
>> I don't know what the situation is on your side of the Atlantic, but
>> here in the UK the focus is now mostly on skills for learning,
>> enjoyment of learning and effective learning. I don't think the
>> old-fashioned methods for teaching made people enjoy learning, they
>> were just beaten and bullied into reciting facts and figures.
>>
>> The modern world is moving at such a pace that although older
>> generations could leave school knowing most things needed, today the
>> opposite is true. We can't afford to teach knowledge, because in ten
>> years' time a huge portion of it will become irrelevant.
> I could be wrong, but I do not predict that basic spelling and grammar
> skills and knowledge of simple mathematics will be obsolete in ten years.
>

That's why I said a large amount of KNOWLEDGE will become irrelevant.
Spelling and grammar SKILLS and simple mathematical SKILLS are what
gets taught!

Chris

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